Dr. Frita
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1,076 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 22 Jul
Dr. Frita’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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the burden and the weight has been on the weight of Black women.
And we have not historically had the ability to be weak, or at least what we perceive as weak, to be vulnerable, to need help, because we've been too busy trying to hold together families.
We've been too busy, you know, back when we were enslaved, having to be assaulted by the enslavers, bear children who weren't ours, be shamed, then go on.
We had to take care of children who weren't ours.
We had to make sure
that even when our Black men were downtrodden, that we made sure they felt like men.
Fast forward, look at the workforce.
Many Black women are single moms, be it by choice or by being a widow, and you have to be there and you have to be strong.
And so historically, what do we say in church?
Oh, no, that's just the devil, pray about it.
Oh, no.
And so for many Black women, it's believed that if you take the time and you say,
I am sad.
I am depressed.
Then one, you might feel like you're vulnerable and weak.
You can't afford to be because you feel like the weight is on your shoulders of the whole world.
Or two, you might feel like you are questioning your faith.
Everything happens for a reason.
Well, it's okay not to understand that reason.
You lose two children.
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